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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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Ernst Parr
∗ 15-11-1924 Krombach Bez. Alzena † 17-09-1944 Valkenburg (19)
- German Front Soldiers -
- 1948-04-02 Father asks about Ernst Parr - Edmund Parr, the father of Ernst Parr, has learned that his son was killed in action in or near Valkenburg. According to his information, the date was September 12, 1944, but there was not yet any fighting in Valkenburg at that time. Much more plausible is September 17, 1944, when many German soldiers were killed on the Goudsberg, northeast of Valkenburg. It is therefore probably a transcription error.
- 1948-04-20 Grave of soldier Ernst Parr - The mayor passes on the request for information from Edmund Parr, the father of Ernst Parr, to the commander of the German Military Cemetery in IJsselstein (now written Ysselsteyn). No answer is known, but there is a grave in Ysselsteyn bearing that name: TD-5-56.
- Gemeentearchief
- Jan Diederen Mijn oorlog en bevrijding, p.94
- e-Mail Richard Schoutissen, Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers.
- https://www.volksbund.de/erinnern-gedenken/graebersuche-online/detail/4df89b8b37ff9134245bad92200b5825
Ysselsteyn TD-5-56
Gemeentearchief Valkenburg:
On April 2, 1948, Edmund Parr, Ernst’s father, wrote to the mayor of Valkenburg requesting information about the grave of his son. He is said to have died in or around Valkenburg on September 12, 1944. In the margin of that letter is written in pencil in Dutch: Maybe also Valkenburg in the province of Zuid-Holland. [1]
That is not the case, because there was not any fighting there at the time, while the front line had ALMOST arrived in South Limburg. As the first Dutch municipality, Eijsden was liberated on September 13, 1944. Therefore, this is probably a transcription error. The digit that most resembles a 2 is the 7. So if we assume, that Ernst Parr died on September 17, 1944, then it fits exactly and he would be one of those killed in the “battle” on the Goudsberg. [2]
The mortal remains of Gefreiter (Private) Ernst Parr were reburied from the general cemetery in Valkenburg to Ysselsteyn on March 14, 1956, seven years after the reburial of the other German bodies. [3]
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✠ Gefreiter
ID Inf.Ers.Bat.106 B 527.
† ca. Valkenburg
✞ 1. Algemene begraafplaats Valkenburg
✞ 2. Ysselsteyn, 14-03-1956
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